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Dina Lieser, MD, FAAP

Doctors’ access to our youngest children and credibility make them critical partners to engage in early childhood advocacy

Quality early childhood education settings have great potential to transform our nation’s health.

In large part, science has shown us how to best support the health and development of our youngest children – we need to start doing it.

The earliest and most profound influences on child health are found outside of the doctor’s office.

What happens during the first months and years of life sets either a sturdy or a fragile stage for what follows.

Children are born wired for feelings and ready to learn.

Babies make 700 new neural connections per second.

Check out the new Help Me Grow Long Island website and read about other Docs for Tots program updates! Read Here- September 2026 . . .
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Read about program updates for Q3 in the quarterly newsletter- Q3 Newsletter . . .
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Read about FREE Community events, research opportunities and our staff’s fall pick for reading! Read here- Parent Newsletter . . .
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